captainship

Example Sentences

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And the seniors have enjoyed assuming captainships, even if it has meant they occasionally have to be the “bad guys.”

From Washington Post

“It’s a great privilege to share the captainship with her and there’s no one else I’d like to share that with.”

From Seattle Times

I can't really equate the Rex Ryan awarding of game captainships to guys who are already on his team with the Cowboys signing a man who beats women to join their team.

From New York Times

All this was of a piece with a captainship that provided England with much-needed stability.

From The Guardian

Here on the Niangua River, one of countless spring-fed riffles cooling these mountains, inflated tubes bob alongside dented metal canoes and rubber rafts in great flotillas left to the captainship of the current.

From New York Times